Rabs Fish and Chips in Rossendale

Visited here for the first time this week after reading an article about the best chippy's in Lancashire (of which Rabs was one of them) and it was fair to say we weren't disappointed. Cracking service from the owner and the food was incredible.

The food is consistently delicious, with a varied menu that includes a great selection of chicken and fish dishes—perfect for those seeking high-protein options. What really sets Rab’s apart is the friendly, chatty staff who make every visit enjoyable. They also take a health-conscious approach, using low-fat cooking methods without compromising on taste. The quality and care in both food and service are evident, making this chippy a go-to spot for locals. Tasty, welcoming, and thoughtfully prepared—Rab’s truly delivers on every level.

Waited over an hour for fish and chips just for the chips to be stale and the batter on the fish to be soggy and stuck to the paper!

Absolutely top notch food. I get Rabs every Friday night and it's delicious, never had a bad one. 2 great guys too who always accommodate and are very pleasant. Strongly recommend the salt and pepper fish with chimichurri chips

Absolutely love rabs! So convenient and quick and also such affordable pricing! With the quality of the food you’d expect it to be more expensive 😍

Brilliant chippy with a big selection. The salt & pepper fish bites were amazing!

These ‘fusion’ eateries are a new idea in the UK and Rab’s Chippy has taken the idea quite a few steps further. They have mixed the sauces and flavours of many a distant countries and mixed it with British Fish and Chips food. The result is an adventure for the tongue and in portions that neither of us could eat in one night, (so we have it again tonight. Yippee!) We had the Chicken Poutine. Rab’s Chippy is now on our ‘go to’ list to eat out and I look forward to exploring all of the exotic versions of chippy food on their menu. EDIT: It's now been some time since my first post and we have explored all the menu. The Naga is VERY spicy. We have settled on the Chicken Poutine as our regular dish. It always lasts two days for us but is a brilliant meal. Love this place.

Thai fish & chips was DELICIOUS 😋

Amazing food and great service. Fish is cooked to perfection. Halal chippies are hard to come by. You've got a customer for life.

After a very busy day out with family who were up from Hampshire we all voted for a Rabs Takeaway and we were not disappointed , it was so quick , so much choice from a varied menus just as well as we had a vegetarian , 3 children and four adults some had spicy curried meals others not so spicy 🌶️. It’s our favourite local takeaway now .

Brilliant lads who have the chippy always happy and friendly. Fantastic range of food with something a little different if you fancy it. Food is lovely and fish is always cooked fresh, I have tried different items of the menu and never had a bad meal. Highly recommend 😁

Always great food and a lovely warm welcome from the guys at Rabs. It’s the only chippy we go to now

Great food. Well priced. Really friendly. It's definitely worth a visit. Some of the best food around. Great flavours and there's something for all the family to enjoy

Lovely food and good portions, very clean and the service is great lovely friendly lads, i hope they are here for many years to come.

Love the food here, especially the protein boxes! My kids also love the salt and pepper boxes

Always great food. My favourite is the sambal.

Wow! Just had a Chicken Rice box from here tonight with thai sauce, absolutely delicious. The chicken was cooked to perfection and Rab's rice is spot on. I was also served close to shutting also. This place never fails. Keep up the good work :)

Beautiful food, incredibly friendly service, what's not to like?😍

Online booking works really well and food is great. Friendly and calm atmosphere

Brilliant chippy very friendly best one and Brilliant food

Wow. Best fish and chips I have had in a long time (Salt and Pepper box was amazing). This is now going to be our new favourite place for a takeaway. Need to put more work in now to run off all the extra calories. Staff are great

Despite a request for xtra crispy golden fried foods, the food was pale with soggy bits and oil actually dripping from the paper. This used to be our favorite fish place but we are finding it less and less appealing. We love the choices offered

First time going to Rabs and it was delicious, fish was very tasty, chips well cooked, curry sauce was very nice, all in all really good and will be back

All food is freshly cooked to order and lots of variety and flavours to choose from. Best chippy around, tasty food, awesome friendly staff. 💯

Very nice staff clean food is freshly made really nice rice boxes

Great food, definitely recommend

Lovely order tonight had naga fish and chips lovely as always kids had chips and gravy wasn’t keen on the fish bites. The chicken tikka wrap was the bomb no onions or garlic and I only got 3 bites my 3 kids took the rest 🤣 thanks guys was lovely

Always like ordering from Rabs, very tasty food.... but was actually quite disappointed this time. Chips were only half cooked and the whole meal was cold. Not much chicken on the poutine either, which means i paid over £8 per portion of chips and gr

Fantastic food. We go every week and it's delicious. The guys are lovely and always chatty. Recommend salt and pepper fish it's so tasty.

My wife bring me home some Naga Fish from the chippy … o my days … tingling all my senses… very good

Great fish and chips and gravy

Good value chippy. Great service and friendly staff.

Salt and pepper fish bites absolutely unreal

Absolutely amazing fish and chips and such a great service provided. Fresh tasty and would highly recommend this place. 5 star thank you

When Rabs opened back when Covid was about it was brilliant. I have since then got a couple of times and weren't brilliant I don't know what had happened. I thought I would give one last go because of all the feedback. I really wanted to like it but was so disappointed. I ordered a normal chips and large chips so could share amongst 4 of us. The normal chips were a small size and the large not much bigger, so we couldn't share at all. They were also from dinner as not great looking and my son said they were hard and not nice. I am so sorry but just can't say the place is great tbh upset me more that I had used money I couldn't really afford to and felt wasted 😔. My son took a pic of the chips and think someone else mustve been on tonight because there are no pics with chips this size

Very nice chap served me,, lovely food, they deserve your business.

soggy and cool .Very helpful at the shop when I rang. Said it was delivered 15 mins before it arrived .A £33 ordered. We have had fast delivery previously.

Really good prices along with friendly staff who can make amendments to your food with little hassle. Always a hit and never a miss

Excellent! Arrived hot, decent size fish and good chips! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Good little chippy. I like the fusion of things, the sriracha chips are a winner for me and my toddler really enjoys the rice. Reasonable pricing for the area and we chose here over a closer chippy because of this.

This is definitely our "Go-To" place for fish. Tonight the chips did not taste as hot and fresh as usual but the fish made up for that! The portions are so generous and with the addition of the inner wrapping, the fish doesn't get soggy. TY!

I’m afraid I don’t agree with the 5* reviews. I’ve wanted to try this place for a while having seen them on Instagram. But unfortunately I was disappointed with the quality of the food as the reality did not match the expectation from their marketing. Naga burger - this was probably the best thing I tried. However, I don’t understand how it looks so different from the marketing? I did ask for no salad, but the bun was completely different to what I expected. 4/5. Chicken bites - the worst thing I tried. Again, these don’t seem to look like the marketing images… The chicken breast was poor quality and had a watery and fatty texture. I did ask these to be plain.. So maybe there are different ones that taste less processed? 1/5. Chips - these were okay, but by the time I’d got home (few mins drive away) they were cold! The seasoning didn’t really add much, but in my opinion cold chips are useless in any situation. They might be alright when they’re hot I guess..1/5. Gravy - this was fine, just standard chippy gravy. 3/5. I wouldn’t say avoid this place completely as I’ve had worse, but I’ve also had a lot better. Definitely avoid the chicken bites though… Giving this a 3 overall instead of a 2 as the prices are quite cheap, so if cost is your main priority then you’d probably be happy with your order. I would prefer to spend a bit more for better quality.

Perfect fish 'n chips! Thank you!

Just had the naga fish with chips and it was lovely. Really top place and the guys that own it are dead sound. A bit of a hidden gem so make the effort to check them out

Best fish EVER! Everything was hot, fresh, and tasty. No complaints at all. It's always an extra treat to have a great delivery person! Thank you!!

Delicious! Never had a bad experience from here! The food always tastes so fresh. Best chippy we’ve ever had. I love how different it is from other places, never tasted anything like it...full of flavour! Good portions! Staff are always so lovely, welcoming and accommodating! :)

Fantastic as always. Best chippy in the area.

Tonight's delivery could not have been more different than last week's. Tonight we had the perfect fish 'n chips - hot (!!), tasty, generous portions. It's the reason we fell in love with Rabs in the first place. Thank you!

Always good food, menu is full of ideas that will be new to most.

Absolutely amazing ! Loved it ! You will not be disappointed

The chips looked like dregs of the chip bag were dumped into the fryer; chips were small and irregular pieces, some rubbery and some too tough to bite through. Large fish was big (not large) and very thin; small chunks were great! Not same quality

Best fish 'n chips in our area. Their other food is just as good - hot and tasty! Plus the staff is absolutely the best!

Great selection of food , well cooked using the best ingredients. Lots of options for gym goers friendly staff

Excellent as always. Visited on our way home to Bury, fantastic friendly service, all food freshly cooked to order. They should franchise! Must try - secret recipe steak gravy - salt and pepper munch box - home made blondies - Chicken Poutine

quick delivery,hot food well cooked

Quality salt and pepper chicken loaded fries. Sorted us an iced coffeee and desert too. Will be back when working in the area

Absolutely brilliant. I've been to this place about 6 times in the last 3 years. I have never been disappointed. It's a super friendly environment, that much so that my little girl likes to come in with me and say hi, because the staff are so friendly. There is an amazing selection of food, so if you fancy something different they have you covered.

Absolutely Vile!!!! Wouldn’t recommend for anyone, was driving past in the local area and thought I’d give this place a try as I regularly go past. The chap at the till was the most unpleasant person imaginable. He made dirty faces and rude looks whilst I took my time to choose what was gonna order almost as if I was wasting his time. He then proceeded to take my order and as he went back towards the kitchen uttered a racial remark which I clearly heard. The food then arrived and was honestly the worst fish and chips I’ve ever had it tasted like cardboard and like it had been left in the back room for days… the chips didn’t get much better they were frozen and uncooked in the inside. This place is a no go and wouldn’t recommend for anyone they do discriminate and leave u with a uncontrollably upset stomach the next day… very disappointing!

Name should be changed to "Rabs With a Heart." I WILL get it right next time, I promise. Food was hot and delicious - full of flavor. The portions were unbelievably generous. Thank you so much!

Amazing food! Tried the fish and chips, salt and pepper chicken, chicken combo, rice and chicken and kids had popcorn chicken... everything was delicious!

I'll have a bit of everything off the menu.. love the food here. We ordered the Thai and Sambali Fish Combo's, both delivered 5 stars. Classic meets fusion!

Food is decent, had fairly good family deals

For a small family chippy the menu has somthing for everyone and the portion sizes are big. I've not had a bad meal neither has anyone I know..

Lovely food, particularly the chicken poutine. Excellent service. Will definitely be returning soon. Highly recommended.

Delicious food created by great guys giving amazing service!!!

Ordered a large fish in a barm. The fish was fresh and cooked in front of you and tasted absolutely 💯. The fish was not oily and can taste the crunchy batter and the fish flakes. The customer service was world class and the owner really engages with his customers. I would recommend to anyone to visit this little place of a gem.

Lovely delicious food, very fast for collecting.

Absolutely amazing. I don’t usually review places but I couldn’t not. The food was freshly made. The chicken was juicy and crispy. The samosas were crispy and the filling was lovely. The potato cakes were sensational, same with the fish bites. The curry sauce is absolutely incredible. No faults.

The food was hot and tasty - Just the way we like it. Thank you!

My man rustled up a salt and pepper box for me in record time and it was spot on. No I didn't manage it all myself. Taking some home for the other half! Great stuff 5/5

Just moved to the area. Surprised how good this was. Had the large fish and chips. Fish was fresh and batter crispy. Gravy and curry sauce were thicker and had a lot of flavour. Their version of a poutine was excellent and very flavoursome. Had the chocolate Matilda cake which was moist and very chocolatey.

First time visiting excellent service and great food will definitely return again.

This place rocks! The best fish and chips with a twist you can find! Their poutine and mixed combo boxes look amazing too! I'll be back for those! iA!

Not your average chippy! This place is just unreal! Had the salt and pepper fish with salt and pepper chips and some curry sauce on the side! Amazing to the last bite! Best chippy going.

Our kids wanted McDonald and we decided with rabs it’s AMAZING!😍 the chicken wings are better than KFC the chicken nuggets are made with really chicken & reminded me of Chinese chicken balls 🤤the curry sauce is just the best ever! Best chip shop chips too. We Will definitely order here more often! The kids ate there McDonald’s & were stealing ours! & agreed next time they’ll choose rabs. The delivery was so quick as well what more could you ask for! Thank you ☺️

There was just me at Rabs he said he had just enough chips for me They tasted like they had been sat there all day. I decided they weren't my cup of tea, not a place for me to return.

The fish and chips were delicious, the portions are generous and the food arrived hot and fresh. Would definitely recommend

First time ordering and it was just a quick tea for my children. They loved the chips and the spicy sauce. The rainbow cake was amazing they ate everything up. Will definitely order again. The quickest delivery ever!! Amazing thank you ☺️

food was cold, chips were rock solid. gravy was awful. mushy peas had white bits in. we've ordered before n it was nice. This time it was vile!! I won't be ordering again!

Came nice and quick lovely food will definitely buy again :)

Food was delicious and still hot. Just the right portion sizes.

Wow! Fantastic service, super fast delivery and top quality food cooked beautifully. Thank you

You can't do too much to the classical fish and chips, but they do just enough to make it absolutely perfect. Loaded chips - stunningly good. Fish and fish bites awesome. Love your work guys

A little greasy but we enjoyed it anyway.

Great find after reading the Google reviews. Food was fresh, crisp not greasy and the staff were really friendly and helpful!

Unbelievable scran. Go there every week and never disappoints. Customer service is impeccable. Definitely recommend if you’re up for some lovely chippy scran.

I went on recommendation from a friend and I guess I went on a slow day. The fish batter was awful and chewy almost like it had been re fried and I genuinely think I got served lunch times chips at tea time. They tasted old and hard. I would definitely not recommend. On the plus side if the food had of been fresh the prices were reasonable.

Great food - Hot, Crispy and Tasty! No complaints at all.

Waited an hour tonight to be delivered stone cold food really unimpressed won't be back

I cannot express the quality of this food 3 of us had different dish and it was amazing definitely our favourite takeaway see you soon 😊

Brilliant as always. Highly recommend

Lovely food, fantastic customer service, thank you for make my dads birthday special 🫶🏻

Fantastic service, very friendly and food was top quality 👌🏽

Got a fish and chips for lunch which was fantastic. Fresh and not greasy at all, plus the chap that served us was very friendly. Would definitely recommend and go again.

Ordered a large fish did not get a large fish was very small no tartar sauce with the seafood box will not be ordering again absolutely shocking spent nearly 30 pounds ridiculous

Food was delicious, hot, and amazing quality!

fish was absolutely gorgeous felt like it was melt in the mouth , i.ordered a large fish and found an extra piece there , so thankyou so much

Chips were cold and looked like they'd been out of the fryer for a while. Fish was the same. Disappointed

Really nice chippy food, again. Thank you

Poor quality and the poutine no cheese or gravy. Just ketchup and garlic mayo with a couple of bits of chicken. Well not worth it